Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: Antonio Stradivari, violinmaker, b. 1737 Steven Spielberg, film-maker, b. 1947 1987 Ivan F. Boesky was sentenced to three years in prison for plotting Wall Street’s

Dear Friends, Tangents: Saturnalia: The ancient Roman festival of Saturn began on December 17th and ended on December 23rd; it was the precursor

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday! 1503 – Astronomer Nostradamus is born. 1911 – Amundsen reaches the South Pole. 1979 – The album “London Calling” by

Dear Friends, Tangents: Today is Saint Lucia Day:  Lucia was a Sicilian girl caught up in the persecutions of Diocletian.  For refusing

Dear Friends, Tangents: Frank Sinatra, b. 1915 Gustave Flaubert, b. 1821 Dec. 12th, 1901 – Marconi Claims to Have Received a Transatlantic Radio Signal in Morse Code. Go to

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1946~UNICEF founded. 1936~Edward VIII abdicates to marry Wallis Simpson. John F. Kerry, b.1943 On Dec. 11, 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on